LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Niall Powell has been named a Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar by the Golf Coaches Association of America.

Powell is one of 1,018 student-athletes from across the Division I, II, III, NAIA, and NJCAA level to earn the GCAA's top academic award this year. To be eligible for Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar status in 2019-20, the student-athlete must have been a sophomore, junior or senior academically, recorded a stroke average under 76.0, maintained a minimum cumulative career grade-point average of 3.2 and participated in 40% of the team's competitive rounds.

The native of Drybrook, England, competed in five tournaments this past season, which was cut short due to coronavirus. He carded a 75.60 stroke average on the year, earning a top-25 finish at the Herb Wimberly Intercollegiate. Off the course, the recent NM State graduate majored in communications and was a Western Athletic Conference's Spring 2020 All-Academic honoree.

Powell is the first Aggie to receive the GCAA's academic honor since Mike McGilton and Tadhg Campbell did so at the conclusion of the 2018-19 season.

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